On this episode of The Future of Thought Colton sits down with Matthew Harvey to discuss free speech and dangerous ideas in America, the role of social media in our dialogue today, the underappreciation of critical thinking education, the dangers of modern news approaches, debates around climate change, and much more. Matt is a 5th year PhD Candidate and instructor in Political Science at CU Boulder. His research focuses on the intersection of environmental political theory and critical theory - namely, on the political attentiveness to environmental aesthetics in an era of climate change. (An example: how might we as a political community respond to apocalyptic sights like the skies in the American West during the 2020 fire season?). Outside of academia, he enjoys cooking, hiking, gaming, and other nerdy shenanigans. Support TFOT on our Website: https://www.thefutureofthought.com/su... Follow us on Social Media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefutureof... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefutureoft... Music: Music from https://filmmusic.io "Disquiet" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...) Images: Thumbnail image found at https://unsplash.com/photos/rPdhMMhO4ZU The Future of Thought LLC has no affiliation with any external links provided in this episode description, excluding clearly marked TFOT website and social media pages. All other links act as either sources for more information on a topic or guest and/or as credit to public-use media used during a podcast episode. All provided links, excluding clearly marked TFOT website and social media pages, are not endorsements by The Future of Thought LLC or its host(s).

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